The Photoshop Elements 13 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)

This updated book—covering both Windows and Mac—breaks new ground by doing something for digital photography students that's never been done before: It cuts through the bull and shows exactly "how to do it.” It's not a bunch of theory; it doesn't challenge them to come up with their own settings or figure things out on their own. Instead, it tells students flat-out which settings to use, when to use them, and why. This book gives the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, correcting, editing, sharpening, retouching, and presenting photos like a pro. Students will be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective these techniques are—once they know the secrets.

This book covers:

• The real secrets of how the pros retouch portraits
• How to color correct any photo without breaking a sweat
• How to use Camera Raw for processing not only RAW photos, but JPEGs and TIFFs, too!
• The sharpening techniques the pros really use
• How to deal with common digital camera image problems, including removing noise and avoiding halos
• The most requested photographic special effects
• All the improved and brand new features of Elements 13, such as the Adaptive Grid in the Elements Organizer, the Brush tool's Refine Edge option; the Object Extraction and Content Aware fill features; the 19 new effects in the Effects panel; and the option to create a Facebook Cover photo
• And much more!